DR . MARILIA COUTINHO

E-MAIL: MERTON .MZM@GMAIL .COM HTTP://www.mariliacoutinho.com

LECTURE AND COURSE

SUBJECTS

CURRENT Strength training methodology: motor learning approaches to teaching the

lifts

Foundations of strength training – what is strength, why it is necessary, how it

relates to human movement patterns and how it is trained

The “new old training methods” – new trends in strength training from old

traditions: powerlifting, weightlifting, kettlebell training, bodyweight

movements, alternative objects

Periodization

Exercise, stress and mental health – evidence concerning mechanisms and

body-mind integration

Women and strength training I: difficulties and conflicts with strength;

historical and cultural aspects; life stages and strength; the importance of

strength training in women’s health

Women and strength training II: technical aspects; physiology of strength and

the female body; hormonal aspects.

Strength Sports I: History

Strength Sports II: Structure, institutional organization, how to research and

how to make the best press coverage

Strength Sports III: strength sports, strength training and martial arts

Strength Sports IV: Current trends in the World and in Brazil

Evidence-based health sciences: how to make decisions using the best

available scientific information

“I was prescribed strength training: what options do I have?”

High performance sport and society

Stress, physical activity, nutrition and work productivity

Powerlifting: the sport, its training and meet organization

Weight training planning and prescription: pedagogical and functional aspects

The construction of beauty standards: the health professional, patients’

demands and social responsibility

Physiological foundations of strength training

Epidemiology of physical activity and inactivity

Nutritional epidemiology (obesity, malnutrition, etc)